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Elton John shared that helium is recovering from "a terrible oculus infection" and present has constricted imaginativeness successful 1 of his eyes. Although he's healing, the “Your Song” vocalist added that it's a "slow process."
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Elton John is recovering from a scary oculus issue.
The "Your Song" vocalist shared that implicit the past fewer months helium has been dealing with "a terrible oculus infection" that has near him with lone "limited imaginativeness successful 1 eye."
"I americium healing," Elton posted to Instagram Sep. 3, "but it's an highly dilatory process and it volition instrumentality immoderate clip earlier show returns to the impacted eye."
The 77-year-old thanked his doctors and his family—including husband David Furnish and sons Zachary, 13, and Elijah, 11—for taking attraction of him arsenic he's been connected the mend for the past fewer weeks.
"I person been softly spending the summertime recuperating astatine home," helium added, "and americium feeling affirmative astir the advancement I person made successful my healing and betterment frankincense far."
Elton's friends and fans were speedy to stock their get good wishes for the "I'm Still Standing" singer, with Billy Porter commenting, "Sending you each the emotion and bid that's possible."
Ted Lasso star Hannah Waddingham added, "Sending golden, healing vibes Elton," while Bernie Taupin—Elton's longtime lyricist and collaborator—wrote, "Get backmost connected way bully buddy."
Elton's unwellness comes amid the Grammy-winner's status from touring, arsenic helium wrapped up his Farewell Yellow Brick Road circuit past summer. And arsenic David explained, Elton's determination stemmed from his tendency to walk much clip astatine location with their children.
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"We've got our sons," the 61-year-old told Entertainment Tonight successful June. "They're getting into their teenage years now. We don't privation to miss anything. We privation to beryllium contiguous for that. It's benignant of a cardinal decennary successful a child's life."
As David noted, Elton has "been doing it for similar 60 years. So it's bully to person that clip to walk astatine location with family."
And Elton—who achieved EGOT presumption this twelvemonth with his 2023 Emmy win—is besides blessed with his choice.
"The past amusement successful Stockholm connected the farewell circuit aft Glastonbury," helium explained, "I got successful the car and went: 'Yes! yes!' We went retired connected the biggest high, conscionable the mode I wanted to, and there's nary going backmost [after] that."
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